Invalid chair and cabinet



No 8 l V 1932. PERRQN 1,887,323

INVALID CHAIR AND CABINET Filed oct. 2o, 1951 M x wlTNEssEs I l I zal ewlzN/Zgwl @27% BY m l I -ATTORNEY lli Patented Nov. 8, 1932 LEON PERRON, or BROOKLYN, NEW 'Yoan V Y YINVALID CHAIR AND CABINET Application filed October 20, 1931. y Serial No. 570,011. i, 'Y

This invention relates to an improvement in chairs, and particularly to an improved combined invalid chair and cabinet, the object to provide a desirable chair structure and a cabinet associated therewith Vto conveniently carry medicine or other articles to be used by the invalid.

Another object of the invention is to provide a chair for tuberculosis patients, or other patients, on which the arms and back are so positioned and arranged so as to protect the body of the person using the chair while exposing the person to free contact with the air. n Y

An additional object is to provide an invalid chair which is formed with rollers and with the seat arrangement swiveled on a support so that the person using the chair may readily move the chair from` place to place and may swing the seat around to face in any desired direction.

An additional object is to provide a combined invalid chair and cabinet wherein the back structure is formed to provide av cabinet for the reception of articles desirable for the person using the seat, and a canopy formed with a bow acting at one time to maintain the canopy taut, and at another time acting to lock thedoor of the cabinet against opening.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined invalid chair and cabinet disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the chair shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numbers, 1 indicates a support, and 2 the seatbody which merges into a back 8 forming part of the cabinet 4. The support 1 is preferably formed with a base 5 of wood or other material connected in any desirable way with the side members 6, and suitably braced by the respective bracing members 7.

J Each of the side members 6 are preferably provided with a connecting bar 8 merging into the outwardly extending kbifurcated members 9, each bifurcated member 9 accommodating a comparatively small wheel 10 connected to the bifurcated member by an yaxleror pin 11. Preferably, this stiff ar- I rangement lof bifurcated members, as described, is used las itk permits the chair to be wheeled from place to place readily without permitting the chair to move in all'directions as would be the case if casters were rused. The base 5 Visfprovided with a threadedl sleeve 12' accommodating the threaded shaft-13 which is rigidly secured to metal base plate 14, which plate in'turn is rigidly 6 5 secured to theseat 2 by screws or Other-means. It will be notedthat the seat 2 is provided with a pad 15, and the back A3 is also provided with a pad 16. Connected with`v the lseat 2 and the back 3 are whatvmay be termed 35 arms -17 and 18 and wind-shields 19 and 20, When an invalid, as for instance atuberculosis patient, is using the chair, the entire body willbe protected yagainst the blast of P wind passing the chair but the patient Vwill 0 `be'exposed tothe air and getthe benefit thereof without beingsubjected to the disagreeable f-eature of the-wind blowingdirectlyonv the body. Of course, if thepatient of heavy windsor to slightv snow storms 85 which :is now the case. By providing the members 17 to 2O inclusive, the patient is vexposed to the air butprotectedsomewhat against the wind and snow storms. The canopy 21 also acts to protect the patients 90 against Arain and snow storms, and this canopy may be of any desired material, as

for instance, a good grade of duck secured by tacks, adhesive, or otherwise, tothe frame n 22 of the cabinetl. ,The 'front edge of vthe "5 canopy isconnected by screws or other means 28 to the `cross bar 24: of the bow 25. This Y A bow is pivotally mounted at 26 on the windshields 19A and 20, andfw-henthe Vparts are formed as shownfin Figure'l', the Vpatient is lo? kAt the front of the 'seat 2 .28 is secured by suitable screws 29, said bar protected against snow or rain which may come down almost in a vertical. direction. When it is desired to expose the patient to the sun, the canopy is thrown back, as illustrated in Figure 2. rIhis not only disposes or" the canopy as far as protection is concerned, but the bow-25 act-s as a lockv onmaintaining the door v27 of the cabinetLQclosed.y This door may be of any desired kind and held in place by suitable hinges and catch, but

member, when in one position acting to overlap and lock the door against opening, and a canopy connected with said U-shaped member, said canopy being held taut by the U- shaped member when the U-shaped member is swung to a second position.

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wh-en it is desired to positively lock the door f v against opening, the bow 25 is shifted to the i position shown in Figure 2; It is usually moved to this position when the. chair is to.

be shifted or moved a. considerable distance.

In this way any medicine or other-articles in u the cabinet 4 will be protected against lossV by the accidental opening of the dooi'. i

In tuberculosis camps and. elsewhere where patients areto be exposed to the air out-ofdoors, heretofore it has been necessary tor the nurse to come out and 1give the patients their medicine from time to time, or for the patients to getY up and go into the house tov secure theii'pmcdicine. cine in cabinet 4, the patient, it tar enough advanced, may secure his own medicine, or, idcsiied, the nurse cango out'and administer the medicine. f

a. U-shaped bai' having the yrespective leurs thereorn extend through thel fittings 30, each lit-ting carrying ja set screw 3l which is adapted Jto be tightened, so that `the foot rest 32, which is rigidly secured to the fittings 30,.may be supported at any desired elevation.l Preferably, the .foot rest is divided into two parts and connected together Abysuitable hinges 83.

particularly for the use ottuberculosis patients in camps and elsewhere, Vit is, of course,

understood that it could be used in hospitals anywhere, and in fact, in many other places without departing fromhthe spirit oit' the invention.

I claim:

l. A combined invalid chair and cabinet 2. A combined invalid chair-and cabinet .comprising a base, a seat mounted on the By having the medi-` l While the chair has been described more I iis base, said seat merging into a back, means l including a door co-acting with the back for producing' a cabinet', a swinging U-shaped p Y, 

